SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Spokane County Major Crimes Detectives are continuing to investigate a shooting in Spokane Valley that left one man injured Thursday night.
It happened near Sullivan Park in the 1900 block of North Sullivan Road around 3:30 p.m.
In a press release, Spokane County Sheriff's Corporal Mark Gregory said initial information indicates that an argument involving five people escalated and a man was shot. The victim has possible life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital, Gregory said.
Gregory said witnesses provided a description of a possible suspect vehicle that fled the scene southbound on Sullivan. While responding to the scene, a deputy saw a car matching the possible suspect's car at the intersection of Sullivan Road and East Sprague Avenue, Gregory said.
A witness also told law enforcement the suspect was wearing a red shirt. Gregory said when the deputy stopped the car, occupied by three males, the driver was wearing a red hoodie.
Gregory said the car continued driving for approximately four blocks at 25 mph in a 35 mph zone, despite the deputy's lights and siren.
Gregory said the car eventually stopped in a parking lot on East Sprague, east of Progress. All three people in the car were detained. Two handguns were visible in the car through the car's back window, according to Gregory.
Gregory said the car was seized as evidence and will be searched pending a warrant.
The driver, Adran Francis, 35, and one juvenile passenger was arrested, Gregory said. The second juvenile passenger was released.
Francis was booked into the Spokane County Jail for first degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm.
The juvenile was booked into the Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center for first degree assault and possession of a firearm by a person from 18 to 21.
Gregory said the victim remains hospitalized and is stable.